http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci Developing 21st Century Teaching and Learning Practices for Student Success! Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:20:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been having a lot of FUN with this new image sharing tool called Skitch. You create a free web account and download a desktop version of the software. There is a short 3 minute video that will introduce the product to you.  This application will make sharing student ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/web-20/skitch-com-for-mac-users/ In the 2007-08 school year Kamehameha Schools started to implement Blogs as a tool for educators. As the year progressed many teachers used their blogs as an extension of their classroom, some used it in place of a classroom website, and some used it to chart their professional development and ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/web-20/blog2008/ Congress Approves Stimulus Package Congress on Friday approved a nearly $800 billion package to jump-start the sagging economy through a combination of tax cuts and government spending.Known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the plan involves unprecedented amounts of federal funds for education programs, some of which will ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/news/arra/ The 2009 Inauguration of President Barack Obama is being called the "People's Inauguration" You can visit USA Today's Flickr photo stream to see some of the best photos taken during the 2009 Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama, and read the transcript of his historic Inauguration speech. The photos taken by ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/news/obama/ SchoolTube is for students, teachers, administrators, parents, school boards, IT managers, and school affiliates. SchoolTube is unique in that all the content that is uploaded is held in queue, until the moderator (teacher) has approved the work, at which time it can be made public. It's very similar ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/web-20/schooltube/ Students of the 21st Century will need to acquire a strong set of ethics, values, communication, and collaboration skills that allow them to prosper in a global economy. For these students the Internet is an essential part of their lives that must be closely supervised. The Cyber Safety and Ethics Initiative ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/web-20/internet_safety/ Join Steve Dembo and educators around the world to take the 30 day challenge.  Each day Steven will post a new blog tip, and encourage users to share the blogs and their comments with each other.  The challenge officially kicked off on November 1st and will run until the end ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/web-design/30d2bbb/ I came across an interesting blog post today that highlights how things continue to change. Remember when our country was predominantly run by men and women didn't attend colleges and universities.  The blog post referenced some of the statistical data that is shared by The Boys Project - Helping Boys Become ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/teaching/100_girls/ New as of October 1, 2008 we can now add .swf (flash) files to our KS Blogs. Share an Audio/Visual Presentation Online This is so exciting, now you can take your PowerPoint presentations, slide notes, and narration and convert them into a fast loading .swf file that can be easily ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/digital-storytelling/swf/ Please take a few minutes to watch this short video clip as 5th grader Dalton Sherman delivers the keynote address at the Dallas school district conference for over 20,000 educators. Dalton has an important message that he would like you to hear. Dalton Sherman Video If you feel inspired please share your ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci/learning/dalton_sherman/